National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for April 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 1, 2012
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Elegy for Eddie- Debut
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780062049575
Winspear's powerful new Maisie Dobbs mystery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
2. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122
In this new novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about.
1/24
3. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694
Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment, is a September 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/28
4. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309
McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway.
2/58
5. Carry the One
Carol Anshaw, S&S, $25, 9781451636888
Anshaw's novel about a tragic car accident and the lives of those involved is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/2
6. Stay Close
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525952275
Coben's latest thriller looks at the boredom of a nice suburban life, the excitement of temptation, and the desperation and hunger that lurks behind even the prettiest facades.
3/2
7. The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054
An impressive new novel about the lives of three seniors at Brown University in the early 1980s by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex.
8/25
8. Death Comes to Pemberley
P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850
James draws the characters of Jane Austen's beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.
5/17
9. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
The magnificent fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire.
9/28
10. The Expats
Chris Pavone, Crown, $26, 9780307956354
Pavone's thriller about an American abroad who finds herself in a complex web of intrigue is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/4
11. Lone Wolf
Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102749
Picoult's latest novel describes the nature of family: the love, protection, and strength it can offer -- and the price we might have to pay for those gifts.
6/5
12. Guilty Wives- Debut
James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097567
A young woman's vacation with friends becomes a fight for survival.
/1
13. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635
Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians is a September 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/29
14. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803
The provocative new novel, set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto.
11/43
15. 11/22/63
Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282
King's dramatic new novel about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination.
13/21
ON THE RISE
24. Lover Reborn
J.R. Ward, NAL, $27.95, 9780451235848
The 10th novel in Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series.
 


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